Virpi Ylänne 
Ageing and the Media [EPUB ebook] 
International Perspectives

1 Introduction: Ageing in/and the Media — Virpi Ylänne

Part I: Framing and Constructing Ageing in Media Reporting

2 ‘Apocalyptic Demography’ Versus the ‘Reckless Generation’: Framing the Third and Fourth Ages in the Media — Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard

3 Older Adults and the Pandemic in UK News Media — Virpi Ylänne

4 Present Time Witches: Media and the Intersecting Discourses of Age, Gender, and Mental Health in Ghana — Monika Wilińska and Doris Boateng

5 Portrayals of Older People With Dementia in Taiwanese Newspapers — Chin-Hui Chen and Yan-Hua Huang

6 Older LGBTQ+ Persons in Canadian Newspapers — Laura Hurd and Raveena Mahal

Part II: Imagined Ageing in Promotional and Fictional Contexts

7 Ageism and the Promotion of Agelessness in Brazilian Advertising — Gisela Castro

8 Visual Ageism on Public Organisations’ Websites — Eugène Loos, Loredana Ivan, Maria Sourbati, Wenqian Xu, Christa Lykke Christensen and Virpi Ylänne

9 Imag(in)ing Ageing Futures in Comics and Graphic Novels — Nicole Dalmer and Lucia Cedeira Serantes

Part III: Older Adults’ Interaction With the Media and Media Technologies

10 Advertising Old Men: Swedish Old Men Reflect on ‘Seeing Themselves’ — Karin Lövgren, Linn Sandberg and Jeff Hearn

11 Older Women and Women’s Magazines: Audience, Agency, and Life Course — Dana Sawchuk

12 The Double Logic of Care: Age, Gender, and Media Technologies in Austria — Barbara Ratzenböck

13 Conclusion — Virpi Ylänne

Virpi Ylänne has now retired. She was previously Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Language and Communication Research, School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.